Aviation Museums within the USA (grouped by state)

These listings are grouped by states and in alphabetical order—a two letter post office abbreviation is used for the state in the address. There are quite a few military bases that have excellent aviation displays and, since they require either a military ID or an escort, so I have not included these.

Last updated May 2021: the USA is a large country with much in the way of aviation history—200+ museums with three newly opened museums this year—yet the states of  West Virginia and Mississippi each lack even a single dedicated aviation museum, though each has a museum in part dedicated to aviation.

Mr. Patrick Carry maintains the museum list at Warbird Alley and shared the many updates he has diligently found verifying links several times per year.

Museums that are on ships or where ships are present are listed in this color (5 aircraft carriers and 2 battleships).

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Alabama (6)

Southern Museum of Flight 4343 73rd St N, Birmingham, AL 35206

Tuskegee Airmen: National Historic Site 1616 Chappie James Ave, Tuskegee AL 36083

U.S. Army Aviation Museum* Fort Rucker, AL 36330 (near Daleville)

U.S. Space & Rocket Center 1 Tranquility Base, Huntsville, AL 35805 (has an SR-71)

USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park—USS Alabama* 2703 Battleship Parkway, Mobile, AL 36602 (there is a sizable air park there, an Aircraft Pavillion (hangar), as well the WW II battleship USS Alabama and the WW II submarine USS Drum)

Veteran’s Memorial Museum 2060 Airport Road SW # A Huntsville, AL 35801

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Alaska (3)

Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum 4721 Aircraft Dr, Lake Hood, Anchorage, AK 99502

Museum of Alaska Transportation & Industry 3800 W Museum Dr, Wasilla, AK 99687

Pioneer Air Museum 2300 Airport Way, Fairbanks, AK 99707

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Arizona (8)

390th Memorial Museum 6000 East Valencia Road, Tucson AZ 85756 [on the grounds of the Pima Air & Space Museum]

Arizona Military Museum Papago Park Military Reservation, 5636 E McDowell Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85008

Lauridsen Aviation Museum Buckeye (northern portion of the airport)

Pima Air & Space Museum 6000 E Valencia Rd, Tucson, AZ 85756

Planes of Fame Aviation Museum—Valle AZ 755 Mustang Way, Valle-Williams, AZ 86046

Titan Missile Museum 1580 W Duval Mine Rd, Sahuarita AZ (see a Titan II missile from within its silo as well as its launch control center)

W.A.S.P. Museum [broken link] Quartzite AZ [check for opening]

Wingspan Air Museum [broken link] Falcon Field, Mesa AZ 85277

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Arkansas (4)

Arkansas Air & Military Museum 4290 S School St, Fayetteville, AR 72701 (merged with the Ozark Military Museum)

Aviation Cadet Museum 39 County Road 2073  Eureka Springs, AR 72632

Fort Smith Air Museum 6700 Mckinnon Blvd, Fort Smith AR 72903 (inside the terminal of Fort Smith Regional Airport)

Jacksonville Museum of Military History 100 Veteran’s Circle, Jacksonville AR 72076

Ozark Military Museum 4360 S School Ave, Fayetteville, AR 72701 (several aircraft as well as other military vehicles) (merged with Arkansas Air Museum to form the Arkansas Air & Military Museum)

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California (42)

Aerospace Museum of California 3200 Freedom Park Dr, McClellan, CA 95652

Air Force Flight Test Center Museum Edwards AFB West Gate (formerly the Edwards Air Force Base Air Park)—0.15 miles from the gate on Rosamond Blvd, about 9.8 miles east of Rosamond, CA on Rosamond Blvd (7 static aircraft including a rare Boeing YC-15—lasted immediately outside the West Gate so no escort or ID required)

Alameda Naval Air Museum* Alameda Point, 2151 Ferry Point, Alameda, CA 94501

Aviation Museum of Santa Paula 800 East Santa Maria Street—#E, Santa Paula CA 93060

Blackbird Airpark Avenue P and 25th St East, Palmdale, CA 93550

California Science Center* Exposition Park, 39th Street & Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90037 (several aircraft both inside and outside including the rare A-12 “Titanium Goose”)

Castle Air Museum* 5050 Santa Fe Drive, Atwater, CA 95301

Classic Rotors Museum Hangar G – Ramona Airport, 2898 Montecito Rd, Ramona, CA 92065

Chico Air Museum 165 Ryan Ave, Chico CA 95973

Commemorative Air Force Southern California Wing 455 Aviation Drive, Camarillo CA 93010 [at the Camarillo Airport and emphasizing WW II]

Estrella Warbird Museum 4251 Dry Creek Road, Paso Robles, CA 93446

Flight Path Museum LAX 6661 W Imperial Highway, Los Angeles CA 90045

Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum closed T-4203 Anderson Avenue, San Diego, CA 92145 (entry is from Miramar Ave and has dozens of aircraft)

Golden Age Flight Museum Meadows Field Airport, 1550 Skyway Dr–Ste 201, Bakersfield CA 93308

Hiller Aviation Museum* 601 Skyway Road, San Carlos, CA 94070

Hillier Air Museum [closed] 700 Tioga Drive—Hangar 7, Modesto CA 95354

Joe Davies Heritage Airpark 38300 Sierra Highway–Ste A, Palmdale CA 93550

Lyon Air Museum 19300 Ike Jones Road, Santa Ana, CA 92707

March Field Air Museum 22550 Van Buren, Riverside, CA, 92518

Milestones of Flight Aviation Museum CLOSED (no web site) Gen  William J Fox Airport, Lancaster, CA

Minter Field Air Museum 401 Vultee Ave (PO Box 445), Shafter CA 93263

Moffett Field Museum* (on Hwy 101 near Sunnyvale CA — look for Moffett Field)

Museum of Flying 3100 Airport Ave, Santa Monica CA 90405

North Bay Air Museum 23982 Arnold Dr, Sonoma CA 95476

Oakland Aviation Museum* Oakland International Airport, 8252 Earhart Road, Bldg 621, Oakland, CA 94621

P-38 Association & Museum 22550 Van Buren Blvd, Riverside CA 92518 (Tony LeVier Hangar/also adjacent to the March Field Air Museum)

Pacific Coast Air Museum 2230 Becker Blvd, Santa Rosa, CA 95403

Palm Springs Air Museum 745 N Gene Autry Trail, Palm Springs, CA 92262

Planes of Fame Aviation Museum—Chino CA 14998 Cal Aero Dr, Chino CA 91710

Point Magu Naval Air Station Air Park Naval Air Rd and Wood Rd (Wood Rd exit on the Pacific Coast Hwy for Point Magu NAS which is south of Oxnard CA)

Ronald Reagan Presidential Library 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley, CA 93065  — Air Force 1 (C-137 aka Boeing 707) and Marine 1 (VH-3 Sea King)

San Diego Air & Space Museum 2001 Pan American Plaza, San Diego, CA 92101

San Francisco Airport Museum & Library* (San Francisco Airport Commission Aviation Library & Louis A Turpen Aviation Museum or SFO Museum & Library) International Terminal near the “A” Gates but in the open unsecured area, San Francisco International Airport, South San Franciso CA

Santa Maria Museum of Flight (broken link) northern end of Airpark Dr at the Santa Maria Public Airport, Santa Maria CA

Saxon Aerospace Museum (Twenty Mule Team Road and Boron Ave.), 26922 Twenty Mule Team Road, Boron CA 93516

Stockton Field Aviation Museum 7432 C.E. Dixon St, Stockton CA 95206

Travis AFB Heritage Center Building 80, 461 Burgan Blvd, Travis Air Force Base, CA 94535

U.S. Naval Museum of Armament & Technology near Ridgecrest CA (email clmf1@ridgenet.net or call 760-939-3530 for guest pass information, as it is located within a military installation — there are no aircraft, per se, but it is a thorough museum and almost all the exhibits relate to aviation)

USS Hornet Museum Pier 3, 707 W Hornet Ave, Alameda, CA 94501 (you will not be able to miss the aircraft carrier USS Hornet)

USS Midway Museum 910 N Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92101 (alongside Navy Pier and it would be hard to miss seeing the USS Midway)

Vietnam Helicopters Museum Concord CA (Buchanan Field—KCCR) / the museum which comes to you with flying restored Vietnam War service helicopters for education and Vietnam veterans

Western Museum of Flight Red Baron #3, 3315 Airport Dr, Torrance, CA 90505

Wings and Rotors Air Museum (closed) (in two hangars at the French Valley Airport) Hangar 7, 37350 Sky Canyon Drive, Marietta CA 92563

Wings of History Air Museum adjacent to the South County Airport, 12777 Murphy Avenue, San Martin, CA

Yanks Air Museum 7000 Merrill Ave #17, Chino, CA 91710

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Colorado (7)

National Museum of WW II Aviation Museum (to be built soon) The Museum site is in Colorado Springs, adjacent to the shared runways of the Colorado Springs Airport and Peterson Air Force Base, CO

Peterson Air & Space Museum 150 E Ent Ave, Peterson Air Force Base, CO 80914 — just east of Colorado Springs (note the link for visiting without a military ID)

Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum 31001 Magnuson Ave, Pueblo, CO 81001

Spirit of Flight Center Colorado 2650 Main St–Bldg A, Erie CO 80516

U.S. Air Force Academy enter at the South Gate from Exit 150 from I-25  or the North Gate from Exit 156B from I-25 — both exits are just north of Colorado Springs, CO (many statics on the base grounds, inquire at the gate)

Vintage Aero Flying Museum 7125 Parks Lane, Lupton CO 80621

Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum 7711 E Academy Blvd, Denver, CO 80230

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Connecticut (2)

Connecticut Air & Space Center 550 Main St, Stratford CT 06615

New England Air Museum Bradley International Airport, 36 Perimiter Rd, Windsor Locks, CT  06096

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Delaware (3)

Airmobility Command Museum 1301 Heritage Rd, Dover Air Force Base, DE 19902

Bellanca Airfield and Delaware Aviation Hall of Fame Museum 2 Counterpoint Rd, New Castle DE 19720

Delaware Aviation Museum 21781 Aviation Avenue, Georgetown DE  19947

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Florida (17)

Air Force Armament Museum* 100 Museum Dr, Eglin Air Force Base, FL 32542 (perhaps contrary to the title there are dozens of aircraft on display)

Air Force Space & Missile Museum Caper Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral, FL

Armed Forces Military Museum [broken link] (closed due to the passing of the wonderful owner but may reopen) 2050 34th Way North, Largo 33771 (a growing museum which obtained a MiG 21 on 17 Dec 2010)

Camp Blanding Museum and Memorial Park* Camp Blanding Main Gate, from U.S. Hwy 301 in Starke FL go east on SR 16 (E Brownlee St) for 8 miles — both the museum and air park lie outside the main gate

DeLand Naval Air Station Museum* 910 Biscayne Blvd, DeLand, FL 32724

EAA Chapter 1241 Air Museum*, north end of Marathon Airport, Marathon

Fantasy of Flight*  (open Friday through Sunday seasonally, check the calendar of the website—June, July November and December in 2019 but the owner is developing the schedule) 1400 Broadway Blvd SE, Polk City, FL 33868

Florida Air Museum* 4175 Medulla Road, Lakeland, FL 33811

Historical Flight Foundation* (not built yet as a museum but have a restored DC-7B that is a flying exhibition but is grounded at the Carolinas Aviation Museum, also have several aircraft pending for acceptance in the HFF)

Kennedy Space Center between Range Rd and East Ave SW, Orsino FL (rockets, a Space Shuttle mock up and soon STS Atlantis)

Miami Springs Historical Museum* (no web site) TEMPORARILY CLOSED (no web site) formerly at 26 Westward Dr, Miami Springs, FL 33166 but will be relocated—a small but rich museum. There are no aircraft, but the museum encompasses the unique history of the town including the life of Glenn Curtiss who had retired there. Indeed he was instrumental in developing the town with its Revival Pueblo Mission style. A rare seat from a Curtiss Condor is on exhibit. Call for the hours at 305-884-4406 or 305-888-4849.

NAS Fort Lauderdale Museum* on SW 34^th Street on the west side of the Ft. Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport, Ft. Lauderdale FL (open three days per week but check the website for updates)

National Naval Aviation Museum* (west gate of the Pensacola Naval Air Base near Pensacola FL)

National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum* 3300 N Hwy A1A, Ft. Pierce, FL  34949 (has a UH-1B and Apollo command module recovery training simulators)

St. Petersburg Museum of History* 335 2nd Ave NE, St Petersburg, FL 33701 (replica of the Benoist airboat that Tony Jannus flew in the world’s first airline operation)

Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum* 6600 Tico Rd, Titusville, FL 32780

Veterans Memorial Center Museum 400 S Sykes Creek Pkwy, Merritt Island FL 32952

Veterans Memorial Park and Museum 3602 US Hwy 301 North—Unit 3, Tampa FL 33619

Warbird Adventures/Kissimmee Air Museum* Kissimmee Gateway Airport, 233 N Hoagland Blvd, Kissimmee, FL 34741

Wings of Dreams Aviation Museum — Keystone Heights Airpark (closed) Keystone Heights Airport, 7100 Airport Road, Starke, FL 32091 (check web site for contact information to get phone numbers for calling about visitation hours)

Wings Over Miami Air Museum* [link currently inactive] 14710 SW 128th St, Miami, FL 33186

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Georgia (10)

Army Aviation Heritage Foundation & Museum 506 Speedway Blvd., Hampton GA 30228

Aviation History and Technology Center South Cobb Dr SE and Atlanta Rd SE, Marietta GA

Candler Field Museum Peach State Aerodrome (also know as Alexander Memorial Airport) near Williamson GA—an art deco terminal and vintage American Airways hangar, what’s not to like?

Commemorative Air Force Airbase Georgia 1200 Echo St., Peachtree City GA 30269

Delta Flight Museum (renamed from Delta Air Transport Heritage Museum) Bldg. B, Dept. 914, 1060 Delta Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30354 (Curtiss-Wright 6B Sedan, DC-3, L-1011 prototype in three display sections, B-767)

Georgia Veterans Memorial Park (no web site) west of Cordele GA on US 280 9 miles west of I-75 exit 101 (B-29, FJ-4B, F-84F, UH-1 and T-33)

Museum of Aviation Highway 247 & Russell Parkway, Warner Robins, GA 31099

Museum of Flight 304 Russell Field Road, Rome GA 30165

National Infantry Museum* 1775 Legacy Parkway, Columbus GA 31903

National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force* 175 Bourne Ave, Pooler, GA 31322

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Hawaii (1)

Naval Air Museum Barbers Point [closed] Building 1792 Midway St (between Franklin Ave and Lexington St), Kalaeloa Airport, Kapolei (suburb to Honolulu)

Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum (formerly the Pacific Aviation Museum) Hangar 37 and Hangar 79, 319 Lexington Blvd, Honolulu, HI 96818 (also take the opportunity to see the USS Arizona Memorial nearby)

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Idaho (4)

Bird Aviation Museum & Invention Center at the end of Big Bird Ranch Rd from Sagle Rd, near Sandpoint Idaho

Legacy Flight Museum 400 Airport Rd, Rexburg ID

Teton Aviation Center Warbird Airplamne Museum Collection 253 Warbird Lane, Driggs ID 83422

Warhawk Air Museum 201 Municipal Dr, Nampa, ID 83687

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Illinois (14)

Air Classics Museum 44W546 US Route 30, Sugar Grove IL 60554

Air Combat Museum 835 South Airport Road, Springfield IL  62707

Battle of Midway Memorial (no web site) entrance to Concourse “A”, Midway International Airport, Chicago, IL (somewhat rare Douglas SBD Dauntless suspended from the ceiling)

Cernan Earth & Space Center 2000 North 5th Avenue River Grove, IL 60171

Glenview Hanger One Museum 2040 Lehigh Ave, Glenview, IL 60026

Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum 2300 Vector Dr, Cahokia, IL 62206

Heritage in Flight Museum (at the Logan County Airport) 1351 Airport Road, Lincoln IL 62656 [call for hours but generally Saturdays if dropping by]

Illinois Aviation Museum at Bolingbrook 130 South Clow International Parkway, Bolingbrook IL 60490

Museum of Science & Industry — Chicago* 57th Street and Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60637 (rare Ju-87 and Spitfire)

Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum CLOSED DECEMBER 2015 1011 Pacesetter Dr, Rantoul, IL 61866

Poplar Grove Vintage Wings & Wheels Museum 5151 Orth Road–Ste A-1, Poplar Grove IL 61065

Prairie Aviation Museum 2929 East Empire St, Bloomington, IL 61704

Russell Military Museum 43363 Old Highway 41, Russell, IL 60075 (if using a GPS mapping aid check to see that the destination will be just south of the border with Wisconsin — if the zip code does not work use Zion IL)

Scott Field Heritage Air Park 763 Seibert Rd, Scott AFB IL 62225 (open to the public though a military base)

Warbird Heritage Foundation the hangar on the northwest corner of Waukegan Regional Airport, Waukegan IL (by appointment and a good selection of aircraft)

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Indiana (8)

American Military Heritage Foundation Indianapolis IN [primary mission is preserving a Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon in flying condition/see website for contact information]

Atterbury-Bakalar Museum 4742 Ray Boll Boulevard,  Columbus

Freeman Army Air Field Museum 1035 A Ave, Seymour, IN 47274

Greater Fort Wayne Aviation Museum Fort Wayne International Airport, Ft. Wayne, IN (on the secured side of the Lt. Paul Baer Terminal so this is only for ticketed passengers — artifacts of old Baer Field and three famous aviators of the area)

Grissom Air Museum (at Grissom Air Force Base — U.S. Hwy 31 between Kokomo and Peru in Indiana) IA

Hoosier Air Experience 2822 County Road 62, Auburn, IN 46706

Indiana Aviation Museum Porter County Municipal Airport 4601 Murvihill Rd, Valparaiso, IN 46383 — Closed as of November 2010 — Closure was due to costs — the owner of the aircraft collection, Jim Read, said he was selling due to the costs of operating his aircraft. He also said the warbirds (a P-51, an F4U and an A-37) sold quickly as it is a hot market for warbirds in spite of their costs.

Lawrence D Bell Aircraft Museum S Oak St and Jefferson St, Mentone, IN 46539

National American Huey Museum 1697 Hoosier Blvd, Peru IN  46970 (Grissom Aeroplex Hangar 11)

Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust—Indianapolis Branch (James A. Allison Exhibition) 450 South Meridian St, Indianapolis IN  46225 (25+ engines on display as well as 60+ large scale models)

Ropkey Armor Museum Closed 5649 E. 150 North, Crawfordsville, IN 47933 (3 aircraft on exhibit as well as the armor)

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Iowa (4)

Antique Airplane Association and the Airpower Museum 22001 Bluegrass Road, Ottawa IA  52501

Iowa Aviation Museum 2251 Airport Rd, Greenfield, Iowa  50849

Mid America Museum of Aviation and Transportation 2600 Expedition Court, Souix City, IA 2008

Monona County Veterans Memorial  203 12th Street Onawa, IA 51040

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Kansas (9)

American Flight Museum 6930 SE Ross St, Topeka KS 66619

B-29 Doc Hangar, Education & Visitors Center Eisenhower National Airport, 1788 S Airport Rd, Wichita KS 67209

Coffeyville Aviation Heritage Museum 2002 N Buckeye St, Coffeyville KS  67337

Combat Air Museum Hangars 602-604, J Street, Forbes Field, Topeka, KS 66619

Cosmosphere & Space Center 1100 N Plum, Hutchinson, KS 67501 (SR-71 on display)

Kansas Aviation Museum 3350 South George Washington Blvd, Wichita, KS 67210

Kansas Museum of Military History Hwy 77 just south of W 2nd Ave, Augusta KS

Mid America Air Museum at Liberal Kansas 2000 W 2nd St, Liberal, KS 67901

Wings Over Salina Aviation Experience yet to be built but items are currently displayed in the south lobby of the M.J. Kennedy Air Terminal Building, Salina Municipal Airport, Salina, KS

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Kentucky (2)

Aviation Heritage Park intersection of 3 Springs Rd and Smallhouse Rd,  Bowling Green, KY (F-4, an F9F under restoration, trying to acquire a T-38)

Aviation Museum of Kentucky 4316 Hanger Dr, Lexington KY 40510

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Louisiana (6)

Aviation Historical Museum of LA – Monroe Louisiana 701 Kansas Ln, Monroe, LA 71203

Barksdale Global Power Museum north gate of Barksdale Air Force Base, LA (exit 22 of I-20 Airline Dr to North Gate Rd)

Jackson Barracks Military Museum 6400 St. Claude Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70146 (over a dozen military aircraft)

National WW II Museum 945 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130 (main entrance on Andrew Higgins between Camp St and Magazine St) — C-47 Skytrain, Supermarine Spitfire, SBD Dauntless and Hispano HA-1112 (license built Bf-109 with Merlin engine)

Southern Heritage Air Foundation 179 VTR Airport Rd, Talulah LA  71282

Wedell-Williams Memorial Aviation Museum 118 Cotten Rd, Patterson, LA 70392

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Maine (2)

Maine Air Museum 98 Maine Ave., Bangor, ME

Owls Head Transportation Museum 117 Museum Street, Owls Head, ME 04854 (over two dozen aircraft from 1804 through 1946 and more)

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Maryland (6)

College Park Aviation Museum 1985 Corporal Frank Scott Drive, College Park, MD 20740

Fort George C Meade Museum closed 4674 Griffin Avenue Fort Meade, MD 20755

Glenn L Martin Maryland Aviation Museum 701 Wilson Point Rd, Baltimore, MD 21220

Hagerstown Aviation Museum 14235 Oak Springs Rd, Hagerstown, MD 21742

Massey Air Museum 33541 Maryland Line Rd, Massey, MD 21650

National Vigilance Park (at the National Cryptologic Museum, SE corner of the Patuxent Freeway and Gladys Noon Spellman Pkwy along Colony Rd) Fort Meade, MD

Patuxent River Naval Air Museum 22156 Three Notch Road, Lexington Park, MD 20653

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Massachusetts (3)

Battleship Cove 5 Water St, Fall River, MA 02721-1540 — has the battleship USS Massachusetts, destroyer USS Joseph Kennedy Jr., submarine USS Lionfish, cruiser USS Fall River and more, plus five aircraft ( e.g., T-28, UH-1, and patrol helicopter drone)

Collins Foundation [keeping several historical aircraft on flying tours] Stow MA

Massachusettes Air and Space Museum P.O. Box 383, Bedford, MA 01730

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Michigan (10)

AirZoo 6151 Portage Road, Portage, MI 49002

Fighting Falcon Military Museum 516 W Cass St, Greenville MI  48838

Henry Ford Museum 20900 Oakwood Blvd, Dearborn, MI 48124 (several aircraft and the Wright Brothers Bicycle Shop from Dayton OH)

K I Sawyer Heritage Air Museum K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base (near Gwinn MI — do not know if a military ID is required but possibly not since it is a museum)

Selfridge Military Air Museum 127 WG/MU, Selfridge Air National Guard (ANG) Base, MI 48045 (near Harrison MI, enter the base through the gate off of William P Rosso Hwy)

Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum 6325 West Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48209

Warbirds of Glory Museum  [restoration of a B-25J Mitchell] located in Brighton MI

World War II Glider & Military Museum Museum 302 Kent Street, Iron Mountain MI 49801

Wurtsmith Air Museum (formerly the Wurtsmith Division Yankee Air Force)4071 Eat Van Ettan St, Oscoda MI 48750 (a few aircraft, B-52 armament training panel and a Norden bombsight which can be touched)

Yankee Air Museum (hangar has been rebuilt) 2800 Tyler Rd, Ypsilanti, MI 48198

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Minnesota (4)

Fagen Fighters WWII Museum 2450 540th St, Granite Falls MN  56241

Golden Wings Flying Museum 8891 Airport Rd—C-6, Blaine MN  55449

Minnesota Air National Guard Museum 631 Minuteman Drive, Saint Paul, MN 55111 (about 20 aircraft and more)

Wings of the North Eden Prairie 10100 Flying Cloud Dr, Eden Prairie MN  55347

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Mississippi (1¾)

Key Field Airport Terminal (no web site) Meridian MS (display to the Key Brothers record setting first modern aerial refueling)

Mississippi Armed Forces Museum Building 850, Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center west of Hattiesburg (has a few aircraft)

Veteran’s Memorial Museum 920 Hillcrest Drive Laurel, MS 39440 (WW I era Demoiselle)

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Missouri (7)

Airline History Museum 201 NW Lou Holland Dr, Kansas City, MO 64116

Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum 3127 Creve Coeur Mill Rd, Maryland Heights, MO  63146

James McDowell Prologue Room in St. Louis Boeing St. Louis Headquarters–Building 100, corner of McDonnell Blvd and Airport Rd (adjacent to Lambert-St. Louis Airport), St. Louis MO

Lambert-St. Louis International Airport (no web site) replica of the Spirit of St. Louis Ryan NHP aircraft flown by Charles Lindbergh in the first solo flight between New York City and Paris France, across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927, St. Louis, MO [the replica has been related to the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park]

Nicholas Beazley Aviation Museum 1985 S Odell, Marshall MO  65340

Veteran’s Memorial Museum 1250 West 76 Country Boulevard, Branson, MO 65616

Ozark’s Air & Military Museum 2305 East Kearney, Springfield, MO 65803

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Montana (3)

Malmstrom Air Force Base Museum and Air Park no military ID required but must go to the North Gate, 10th Ave N and River Dr N, Great Falls, MT (eight aircraft)

Museum of Mountain Flying 713 S Third Street West, Missoula MT  59801

Stonehenge Air Museum on private property near Fortine MT (directions given when reservations made—unique aircraft in the collection)

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Nebraska (1)

Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum 28210 W Park Highway, Ashland, NE 68003

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Nevada (2)

Aviation Museum at McCarran (exhibits arranged throughout several airports in Clark County but especially on Level 2 above baggage claim in Terminal 1 at McCarran International Airport)

Cactus Air Force Wings and Wheels Museum 2600 College Pkway—#33, Carson City NV  89706

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New Hampshire (1)

Aviation Museum of New Hampshire 13 East Perimeter Rd, Londonderry, NH 03053 (small but in a restored 1937 art deco design control tower building, just south of Kelly Ave and South Perimeter Rd)

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New Jersey (7)

Air Victory Museum 68 Stacy Haines Road, Lumberton, NJ 08048

Aviation Hall of Fame New Jersey 400 Fred Wehran Drive, Teterboro Airport, Teterboro, NJ 07608

Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation [not a physical museum but an organization which keeps historical cargo aircraft flying] possibly in Farmindale NJ

Millville Army Airfield Museum Millville Airport, 1 Leddon St, Millville, NJ 08332

Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum 500 Forrestal Rd, Cape May Airport, NJ 08242

Navy Lakehurst Historical Society Lakehurst NJ (visit the web site, it’s a miltary facility that can be seen but reservations must be made in advance, and there are conditions — the base of many large airships there is much on the way of artifacts at the museum)

New Jersey Naval Museum Bridge St and River St, Hackensack NJ

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New Mexico (5)

National Museum of Nuclear Science & History 602 Eubank Blvd SE (at Southern Blvd), Albuquerque, NM 87123 (several aircraft in an air park)

New Mexico Museum of Space History top of Highway 2001, Alamogordo, NM 88310

War Eagles Air Museum 8012 Airport Rd, Santa Teresa, NM  88008

Walker Aviation Museum 1 Jerry Smith Drive, Roswell, NM 88203

White Sands Missile Range Museum (missiles and aircraft) White Sands, NM

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New York (16)

American Airpower Museum 1230 New Highway, Farmingdale, NY 11735

Cradle of Aviation Museum* 8 Charles Lindbergh Blvd, Garden City, NY11530

Empire State Aerosciences Museum 250 Rudy Chase Dr, Glenville, NY 12302

Glenn H Curtiss Museum 8419 State Route 54, Hammondsport, NY 14840

Grumman Memorial Park Middle Country Rd (RT 25) and New York RT 25A, Calverton, NY

H.A.R.P. Historic Aircraft Restoration Project* National Park Service, Gateway National Recreation Area, Floyd Bennett Field – Hangar B, Brooklyn, NY 11234-7097 (Park entrance is just north of the Marine Pkwy Bridge at Flatbush Ave and Aviation Rd and follow the signs — look carefully but you cannot get lost — or you could read my post for directions)

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum* (Pier 86 Manhattan in New York City, NY — 12th Ave and 46th St — it is the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid)

National Soaring Museum 51 Soaring Hill Drive Elmira, NY 14903

National Warplane Museum  3489 Big Tree Lane, Geneseo 14454 (at the Geneseo Airport)

New York Hall of Science 47-01 111th Street New York, NY 11368 (rocket garden)

Niagara Aerospace Museum HSBC Arena (west side and behind the Sabres store), 1 Seymour H Knox III Plaza, Buffalo, NY 14203

Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome 9 Norton Rd, Red Hook, NY 12571 (weekend airshows or WW I and earlier aircraft sometime in June through sometime in October)

Pan Am Museum Foundation (co located with the Cradle of Aviation Museum and on the 3rd Floor) Charles Lindbergh Blvd, Garden City NY 11530

TWA Hotel at JFK repurposing and enlarging JFK’s former TWA terminal into a first class hotel with special cocktail lounge—a Lockheed Constellation (L-1649A) in vintage TWA livery.

Wings of Eagles 17 Aviation Dr, Horseheads, NY 14845

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North Carolina (9)

82nd Airborne Division and War Memorial Museum* Ardennes Road, Fort Bragg, NC 28307

Airborne and Special Operations Museum* 100 Bragg Blvd, Fayetteville, NC 28301

Carolinas Aviation Museum* (temporarily closed for relocation and scheduled for opening in 2022) formerly at 4108 Minuteman Way, Charlotte, NC 28208 and, later at  4672 First Flight Dr, Charlotte, NC 28208

General William C Lee Airborne Museum 209 West Divine Street Dunn, NC 28334

Hickory Aviation Museum* (go to Hickory Regional Airport at Hickory, NC 28601 and follow the signs)

John F. Kennedy (JFK) Special Warfare Museum* Building D-2815, Ardennes and Zabitosky Roads, Ft. Bragg NC  28310

North Carolina Aviation Museum and Hall of Fame 2222 Pilots View Rd # G, Asheboro, NC 27205

Pope Air Park* (no web site) Hurst Dr and Reilly Dr, Pope Air Base, Fayetteville, NC (military ID now required for entry)

Western North Carolina Air Museum at the Hendersonville Airport 1340 Gilbert St, Hendersonville NC  28793

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North Dakota (2)

Dakota Territory Air Museum 100 34 Ave  Minot, ND 58701

Fargo Air Museum 1609 19th Ave N, Fargo, ND 58102

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Ohio (12)

Champaign Aviation Museum 1652 North Main Street, Urbana, OH 43078

Cinncinati Aviation Heritage Society & Museum 262 Wilmer Ave–Room 26, Cinncinati, OH 45226

Crawford Auto Aviation Collection [within the Cleveland History Center] 10825 East Blvd, Cleveland OH 44106

Ernie Hall Aviation Museum 4033 N River Rd, Warren OH 44484

Historical Aircraft Squadron [Fairfield County Airport] 3266 Old Columbus Rd, Carroll OH 43112

Liberty Aviation Museum 3515 East State Road, Port Clinton, OH 43452

Military Aircraft Preservation Society (MAPS)  2260 International Pkwy, North Canton, OH 44720

National Museum of the U.S. Air Force* 1100 Spaatz Street, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH 45433

Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum on Apollo Dr just north of its intersection with Bellefontaine St in Wapakoneta OH (has one of two F5D Skylancers)

Tri-State Warbird Museum 4021 Borman Dr, Batavia OH 45103 — on the eastern side of Cinncinati near the Clermont County Airport

WACO Air Museum 1865 S County Rd–25A, Troy OH 45373

Wright “B” Flyer 10550 N Springboro Pike, Miamisburg OH 45342 [at the Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport]

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Oklahoma (5)

Charles B. Hall Airpark at the Air Depot Blvd exit of I-40 in Oklahoma City OK

Ninety-Nines Museum of Women Pilots 4300 Amelia Earhart Drive–Ste A, Oklahoma City OK 73159-1106

Science Museum Oklahoma 2020 Remington Pl, Oklahoma City OK 73111 [vintage aircraft and an exhibit on Wiley Post]

Stafford Air & Space Museum 3000 E Logan Rd, Weatherford, OK 73096

Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium 3614 N 74th Ave, Tulsa OK 74115 [north side of Tulsa International Airport]

U.S. Army Artillery Museum 238 Randolph Rd., Fort Sill, OK

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Oregon (9)

Classic Aircraft Museum 3005 NE Cornell Road, Hillsboro, OR  97125

Ericksson Aircraft Collection 2408 NW Berg Dr, Madras OR 97741

Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum* 500 NE Capt Michael King Smith Way, McMinnville, OR 97128

Merle Maine’s Warbirds closed at the Ontario Municipal Airport in Ontario OR  (several aircraft including one of only two F5D Skylancers and an F11F Tigercat)

Oregon Air & Space Museum 90377 Boeing Drive, Eugene, OR 97402

Oregon Aviation Historical Society (OAHS) 2475 Jim Wright Way, Cottage Grove OR 97424

Oregon Military Museum (closed for renovation with no reopening date announced) in Camp Withyombe just southeast of Clackamas Town Center, Clackamas

Pendleton Air Museum 21 SW Emigrant Ave, Pendleton, OR 97801

Tillamook Air Museum* (2 miles south of Tillamook on Pacific Coast Hwy 101. Turn off the highway to the east at a flashing light where an A-4 is pole mounted) OR

Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum 1600 Air Museum Road, Hood River, OR 97031

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Pennsylvania (7)

American Helicopter Museum and Education Center* 1220 American Boulevard, West Chester, PA 19380

Air Heritage Inc. (Museum and Aircraft Restoration Facility) 35 Piper Street, Beaver Falls, PA 15010

Eagles Mere Air Museum Merritt Field (an airfield) on highway PA-42 Between Laporte and Eagles Mere PA (closed in winter)

Golden Age Air Museum 371 Airport Rd, Bethel PA 19507

Harold F. Pitcairn Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum* 1155 Easton Road, Horsham, PA 19044

Mid-Atlantic Air Museum 11 Museum Dr, Reading PA 19605 (many aircraft, notably restoration of a P-61)

Piper Aviation Museum One Piper Way, Lock Haven PA 17745

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Rhode Island (0)

Quonset Hut Aviation Museum, The CLOSED 488 Eccleston Ave, N Kingstown, RI 02852

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South Carolina (2)

Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum 40 Patriots Point Rd, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464 (you cannot miss the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown)

Warbird Park at the corner of Farrow Parkway and Splinter City Road, Myrtle Beach SC

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South Dakota (1)

South Dakota Air & Space Museum Ellsworth Air Force Base near Box Elder SD (no military ID required)

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Tennessee (3)

Beechcraft Heritage Museum 570 Old Shelbyville Hwy, Tullahoma, TN 37388

Globe/Temco Swift Museum McMinn County Airport, Athens TN

Tennessee Museum of Aviation 135 Air Museum Way, Sevierville, TN  37862

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Texas (25)

1940 Air Terminal Museum 8325 Travelair St, Houston, TX 77061

American Airlines CR Smith Museum* 4601 Texas Highway 360 at FAA Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155

Cavanaugh Flight Museum* 4572 Claire Chennault, Addison, TX 75001

Cold War Air Museum, CLOSED 850 Ferris Rd, Lancaster TX 75146

Flight of the Phoenix Aviation Museum Hangar One Fox Stephens Field, Gilmer, TX 75644

Fort Worth Aviation Museum* 3300 Ross Ave., Fort Worth, TX 76106 (about ½-mile south of the Vintage Flying Museum) and has 26 aircraft, a display to Forward Air Controllers, an exhibit devoted to the B-36 and a section on the OV-10 Bronco

Freedom Museum 600 N. Hobart, Pampa, TX 790656 (B-25 and a UH-1)

Frontiers of Flight Museum* 6911 Lemmon Ave, Dallas, TX 75209

Hangar 25 Museum on Apron Dr, Big Spring, TX (eastern side of McMahon Wrinkle Airport)

Historic Aviation Memorial Museum (H.A.M.M.—on the grounds of Tyler Pounds Regional Airport), Tyler, TX

Lone Star Flight Museum 11551 Aerospace Ave, Houston, TX 77034

Mid America Flight Museum 602 Mike Hall Parkway, Mt. Pleasant TX 75455

National Museum of the Pacific War 340 E Main St, Fredericksburg, TX 78624 (B-25, SBD and F6F)

National WASP World War II Museum in the Sweetwater Texas airport, 210 Avenger Field Rd, Sweetwater, TX 79556

No. 1 British Training Flying School Museum 119 Silent Wings Boulevard, Terrell, TX 75160

North Texas History Museum [Jenny to Jet exhibit] 720 Indiana, Wichita Falls TX 76301

Pate Museum of Transportation — unfortunately, permanently closed in 2010 — 18501 Hwy 377 S, Fort Worth, TX 76101 (C-119, HU-16 and F-101)

Perrin AFB Museum 575 Airport Drive Denison, TX 75020

Pioneer Flight Museum located at the Old Kingsbury Aerodrome 190 Pershing Ln, Kingsbury TX 78638

Silent Wings Museum Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport, 6202 N I-27, Lubbock, TX 79403

Texas Air and Space Museum 10001 American Dr, Amarillo TX 79111

Texas Air Museum, The 12102 FM 400 , Slaton, TX 79364

Texas Air Museum at Stinson Field 1234 99th St, San Antonio, TX 78214

Texas Flying Legends Museum closed a traveling museum with a fantastic web site

Texas Forces Military Museum 2200 West 35th Street Austin, TX 78703

USS Lexington Museum on the Bay 2914 N Shoreline Blvd, Corpus Christi, TX 78403 (the aircraft carrier USS Lexington is too big to miss)

Vintage Flying Museum* Hangar 33 South, 505 NW 38th St, Fort Worth, TX 76106 (about ½-mile north of the Fort Worth Aviation Museum)

West Texas Air Museum CLOSED (no web site) 1345 Air Coupe , El Paso, TX 79928

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Utah (6)

ATK-Thiokol Rocket Garden (no web site) west of Brigham City on Road 83

Hill Aerospace Museum (NW corner of Hill Air Force Base, about 5 miles south of Ogden UT)

Historic Wendover Airfield Airport Way and 2nd St, Wendover, UT — the museum web site is here (this is an exciting place to see as it is a work in progress but is the best preserved WW II training airfield in existence) — this was the final training base for Operation Silveplate, a very involved operation with many aircraft, for the modifications to the B-29s designated for delivering the first atomic weapons, as well as training for B-17 and B-24 bomber crews deploying to Europe (the film Con Air was also filmed here).

Southern Utah Air Museum (no web site) 400 W Telegraph Rd, Washington, UT 84780

Vintage Aviation Museum (web site has no location information)

Western Sky Aviation Warbird Museum 4196 S Airport Parkway, St. George UT 84790

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Vermont (1)

Vermont Veteran’s Militia Military Museum 789 Vermont National Guard Rd, Colchester

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Virginia (9)

Air Power Park 413 W Mercury Blvd, Hampton, VA 23666 (a better website may be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Power_Park)

Military Aviation Museum 1341 Princess Anne Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23457

National Air & Space Museum Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center* 14390 Air & Space Museum Pkwy, Chantilly, VA 20151

National Museum of the U.S. Marine Corps 18900 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Triangle, VA 22172 (several aircraft)

Shannon Aviation Museum Shannon Airport, Fredericksburg VA (aircraft formerly at the now closed Virginia Aviation Museum)

U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum Fort Lee VA (check website for latest gate entry procedures)

U.S. Army Transportation Museum on Washington Blvd, Fort Eustis, VA (about 10 miles south of Williamsburg)

U.S. Army Women’s Museum in Ft. Lee, 2100 Ave. A, Fort Lee, VA 23801 (WACs Museum absorbed into this one)

Virginia Aviation Museum CLOSED 5701 Huntsman Rd, Richmond, VA 23250

Virginia Air & Space Cente/NASA Langley Visitor Center 600 Settlers Landing Rd, Hampton VA 23669

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Washington (14)

Boeing Future of Flight 8415 Paine Field Blvd, Mukilteo, WA

Flying Heritage & Combat Armour Museum [closed] Paine Field, 3407 109th St SW, Everett, WA 98204

Gig Harbor Antique Airplane Museum 1108 26h Ave NW, Gig Harbor WA 98335

Historic Flight Foundation 5829 East Rutter Avenue, Spokane, WA 99212

Heritage Flight Museum 4165 Mitchell Way, Bellingham WA 98226

Honor Point Military and Aerospace Museum [broken link] near Spokane International Airport, 6095 E. Rutter Road, Spokane, WA 99212—this is a museum in the making, check out the web site and get involved in something important and new!

McAllister Museum of Aviation 2008 S. 16th Ave., Yakima, WA 98903

McChord Air Museum* Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, WA 98438

Museum of Flight* 9404 East Marginal Way S, Seattle, WA 98108

North Cascades Vintage Aircraft Museum [closed] 7879 South Superior Ave., Concrete WA 98237

Olympic Flight Museum 7637-A Old Highway 99 SE, Olympia, WA 98501

Pacific Northwest Naval Air Museum 270 SE Pioneer Way, Oak Harbor, WA 98277

Pearson Air Museum 1115 E 5th, Vancouver, WA 98661

Port Townsend Aero Museum Jefferson County International Airport, 105 Airport Road, Port Townsend, WA

Veteran’s Memorial Museum 100 Southwest Veterans Way, Chehalis, WA 98532

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Washington D.C. (3)

National Air & Space Museum on the National Mall* 6th and Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20560

National Postal Museum* (another Smithsonian museum) across from Union Station in Washington DC, 2 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington DC 20013 — aside from great exhibits about mail and its delivery, including a stagecoach, there are three aircraft on display: a Wiseman-Cooke, a deHavilland DH-4 and a Stinson Reliant.

Ronald Reagan National Airport Historic Lobby 7 Exhibition Hall (no web site) Ronald Reagan International Airport, Washington, D.C.

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West Virginia (½)

West Virginia Terminal Museum (no web site but can see some photos here) Wheeling WV — unsure of exact location but assume the Wheeling Ohio County Airport

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Wisconsin (6)

Aviation Heritage Center of Wisconsin (adjacent to the Sheboygan County Memorial Airport) N6191 Resource Dr, Sheboygan Falls, WI 53085

EAA Museum adjacent to Wittman Regional Airport at 3000 Poberezny Road, Oshkosh, WI 54902

Kelch Aviation Museum [at Brodhead Airport] N2463 Airport Rd, Brodhead WI  53520

Mitchell Gallery of Flight [within General Mitchell International Airport] 5300 S Howell Ave, Milwaukee WI  53207

Richard I Bong Veteran Historical Center 305 Harbor View Parkway, Superior, WI 54880 (P-38 restored as Marge)

Southeastern Wisconsin Aviation Museum 3333 N Green Bay Rd, Racine, WI 53404

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Wyoming (1)

Museum of Flight and Aerial Firefighting 2534 Hiller Lane (near the South Big Horn County Airport) Greybull WY  82426 (several aircraft, many of WW II vintage) a short distance west of Greybull on U.S. Hwy 16. Open during 15 May–15 October ± but the aircraft can be seen easily from a neighboring rest stop.